Improvement in machine for turning- ovals



I P. PRYiBIL.

Turning Ovals.

No. 94,130. V Patented Aug. 24,1869.

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Letters lfatent No. 94,130, dated Augicst 24, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR TURNING- OVALS.

The Schedule referred to in these Iietters Patent making part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL PRYIBIL, of the city, county, and State of' NewYork, have invented a new and improved Machine for Turning Ovals; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, in which drawings Figure 1represents a sectional front view of this invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Figure 3 is alongitudinal section of the same, the line a: x, fig. 1,indicating the plane of section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a lathe for turning ovals, in which aself-balancing slide is connected with the movable face-plate of thelathe in such a manner that said slide forms a counterbalance for theface-plate and the work attached thereto, in whatever position thefiice-plate may be brought, and thereby a lathe is obtained, which canhe run steady at considerable speed.

The difi'erence in the weight of thedifferent kind of work is made up byweights attached to the self-bah ancing'slide.

In the drawing-- The letter D designates the face-plate of an eccentriclathe, the position and motion of which are determined and governed by aring, B, which can be set concentric or eccentric with the spindle C, inthe ordinary manner.

Into thisface-plate is fitted a slide, F, which connects with saidface-plate by a lever, f,th'at swings loosely on the end of the spindleG, and connects at one end with the slide, and at its opposite end withthe face-plate, as shown, particularly in fig. 1 of the drawing.

By this arrangement the'slide is compelled to move in a directionopposite to that in which the face-plate moves, and if the face-plate ismoved out to the extremc end of its eccentricity in one direction, theslide moves precisely the same distance in the'opposite direction, andforms a counterbalance for the face-plate in whatever position saidface-plate may be brought.

If the work attached to the face-plate is light, the

weight of the slide-F is suflicient to counterbalance whereas if thebalance-slide is removed, and the lathe is run at the speedrequired forturning wood, it causes such a-trembling motion that it becomespractically useless and exceedingly diflicult to manage."

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' 1. Thebalance-slide I, connected to the movable face-plate D of a lathe forturning ovals, by alever, f,

substantially in the manner shown and described.

2. The additional weights a, in combination with the balance-slide F,lever f, and face-plate .D, sulstantially as set forth.

' PAUL PRYIBIL.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F, KASTENHUBER.

